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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the poet's initial reactions to Brazil?
(a) Hatred.
(b) A desire to stay for many years.
(c) Curiosity and distaste.
(d) Admiration.

2. What question does Bishop ponder in "Brazil, January 1, 1502"?
(a) What Brazil was like in the early 16th century.
(b) How little Brazil has changed over time.
(c) Where Brazil got its name.
(d) How much Brazil has changed over time.

3. What is the subject of "The Gentleman of Shalott"?
(a) A man looking into a mirror.
(b) A man breaking a mirror.
(c) A man looking at his reflection in water.
(d) A man traveling on water.

4. Who is the old man in "At the Fishhouses"?
(a) The poet's grandfather's friend.
(b) The poet's father's friend.
(c) The poet's father.
(d) The poet's grandfather.

5. What happens in "A Miracle for Breakfast"?
(a) A man has only coffee for breakfast.
(b) A man calls room service.
(c) A man does not share his roll.
(d) A man scatters crumbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which section does the poet arrive in Santos?

2. What does the man in "Songs for a Colored Singer do?

3. What is involved in the resolution of Four Poems?

4. When were the poems in North and South collected?

5. In "Brazil January 1, 1502," how does the poet attempt to view the scenery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bishop feel about winter in "The Colder the Air"?

2. How is the tone of "A Cold Spring" in contrast to its subject matter?"

3. What is Bishop comparing in "Large Bad Picture" when she refers to "commerce or contemplation"?

4. What is the significance of the trees capturing the music in "View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress"?

5. Why does the character in "The Gentleman of Shalott" think half of him would be enough?

6. Does Bishop see the ocean as ever-changing or never changing in the poems in Cold Spring?

7. What surprise does Bishop reveal in the last line of "Insomnia?"

8. What two things is Bishop comparing in "Brazil, January 1, 1502"?

9. What is the significance of the title of "The Prodigal"?

10. In what way does the language contrast with the emotional situation in "Songs for a Colored Singer?"

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